comebacker
comebacker noun: a batted ball that travels toward the pitcher.
Noun
comebacker (plural comebackers)
- A batted ball that travels toward the pitcher.
- It's a comebacker past second base for a single.
- The pitcher fields the comebacker and throws it to first for the out.
- One who makes a comeback.
- […] a successful comebacker at the party leadership and ministerial levels.2017, Michal Shamir, The Elections in Israel 2009, page 162
Examples of comebacker in a sentence
- Hendricks was only able to throw 52 pitches, surrendering two runs in 3.2 innings before being forced out of action when Angel Pagan's comebacker hit his right forearm.
- The next hitter, Jayson Werth, reached on a broken-bat infield single, and Greg Dobbs walked to load the bases, but Heilman induced a comebacker from Chris Coste to end the rally.2007 August 29, Ben Shpigel, “Two Hits, One Short and One Far, Beat the Mets”, in New York Times:
Forms of comebacker
| plural | comebackers |
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Origin of comebacker
From come back + -er.
Questions about comebacker
- What does comebacker mean?
- Comebacker means a batted ball that travels toward the pitcher.
- How do you use comebacker in a sentence?
- Hendricks was only able to throw 52 pitches, surrendering two runs in 3.2 innings before being forced out of action when Angel Pagan's comebacker hit his right forearm.
- What part of speech is comebacker?
- Comebacker is a noun.
- What is the plural of comebacker?
- The plural of comebacker is comebackers.
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